Global Indirect Buyer (MRO/Spare Parts)

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Position Overview

The Global Indirect Buyer is a key member of the Global Indirect Procurement team, reporting to the Director, Indirect Procurement for MRO/Spare Parts/Tools.   You will contribute to Ball’s success by  supporting strategic transformation initiatives across global operations.   In this role, you will ensure  ensures accurate procurement of indirect goods and services  essential for maintaining uninterrupted plant production. 

 

Your Key Areas of Responsibility Include: 

 

• Support the Global Indirect Director and Senior Indirect Manager with taxonomy mapping, data gathering, and accurate baseline establishment for indirect spend across plant operations. Will work closely with the Category Managers, suppliers, and site teams to standardize taxonomies, analyze indirect spend, and support procurement programs.
• Drive insights, data alignment, and category understanding to support the company’s transformation initiatives within indirect procurement.
• Taxonomy Development: Collaborate with functional teams to analyze targeted indirect categories and develop standardized taxonomies.
  • Map spend data to aligned taxonomies while validating accuracy and completeness.
  • Ensure proper spend allocation in coordination with global and regional procurement teams.
• Data Analysis: Break down regional and global costs to identify trends, variances, and patterns within indirect materials (e.g., plastics, chemicals, MRO items); highlight opportunities for cost optimization, supplier synergy, and standardization.
  • Support analysts in the creation of spend summaries and category insights.
• Supplier & Plant Coordination: Engage suppliers and plant operations to collect pricing, quantities, site baseline data, and operational requirements.
  • Define service level expectations for indirect procurement programs.
  • Assist in developing performance criteria and mechanisms for evaluating supplier performance.
• Reporting & Analytics: Generate purchase-order-driven spend reports and dashboards; collaborate  with category and data teams to consolidate information.
  • Develop actionable insights and provide analytical support for strategic sourcing decisions and transformation initiatives.
•  Process Improvement:  Identify inefficiencies and propose transformational improvements within targeted indirect categories.
  • Support preparation of business cases, including benefit modeling, complexity assessment, and risk evaluation.
•  Stakeholder Engagement & Program Management: Support global procurement initiatives through data organization, meeting coordination, timeline management, and presentation development.  
  • Facilitate alignment across cross-functional and cross-regional stakeholders.

 

Required Qualifications: 

 

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Engineering, or equivalent years of  experience  similar procurement type of position.
• 1 or more years of experience in procurement, indirect purchasing, supply chain, or data analytics that enabled a famiarity with procurement-related policies knowledge, procedures and processes.
• Familiarity with can manufacturing products, practices, terminology.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in spend analytics, cost modeling, or data standardization.
• Proficiency in Excel, data visualization tools, ERP/P2P systems, and reporting tools.
• Coupa, Cituro systems (including JDE & SAP) and procure-to-pay process.
• Demonstrated skills:
  • Ability to collaborate across regional and global teams.
  • Basic financial and analytical skills, and strong attention to d